General de KalbUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1966 - 251 էջ Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette. |
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... officers are very well brought up indeed to come here to serve the United States without first having been invited ! Last year , it is true , we needed some French officers , but now we have many of them , and very experi- enced ones ...
... officers are very well brought up indeed to come here to serve the United States without first having been invited ! Last year , it is true , we needed some French officers , but now we have many of them , and very experi- enced ones ...
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... officers was so large and the ranks granted them so high that American officers would necessarily feel dissatisfied and slighted . Congress was in the difficult position of either having to disavow Deane or to risk resignations from ...
... officers was so large and the ranks granted them so high that American officers would necessarily feel dissatisfied and slighted . Congress was in the difficult position of either having to disavow Deane or to risk resignations from ...
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... officers to Washington , Greene told his superior that it gave him the greatest pain to " hear the murmurs and complaints among the officers for want of spirits . They say they are exposed to the severity of the winter , subject to hard ...
... officers to Washington , Greene told his superior that it gave him the greatest pain to " hear the murmurs and complaints among the officers for want of spirits . They say they are exposed to the severity of the winter , subject to hard ...
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